Work In Progress

Work In Progress

Out on Homer Spit, oil on canvas 14×21″Here’s another Alaska painting I’m working on in the studio. It’s funny, but the initial sketch was a flop really, but I just loved the space and mood of this place, so I thought to go ahead and go for it and make a painting of it anyway. The sketch still has good information and I know that I want a sort of gray mood with a big sky, so away I go.This studio painting thing is pretty new to me and I’m finding it more fun than I imagined. It’s giving me more freedom to experiment with creating mood and design. It is a challenge, but challenge is good, it’s what there is to do when trying to take my work to the next level. In some ways (especially with the sky) I feel more free to make bigger brush strokes and just open to seeing what happens. Maybe I should be painting with that attitude all the time!I’ve set this painting aside for the day to start on another larger one and let this one sink in, thinking about where to go from here with it. Stayed tuned, more Alaska to come (I’m not over Alaska just yet…)